# Scottish Technology Club Bulletin — Week 17, 2025

Happy Easter! It's a totally packed week for events with events from Rewriting the Code,
ProductTank, AWS User Group Glasgow, TestTalks, .NET Glasgow, Rust and Friends and Data Science and AI Edinburgh.

Next week is pretty busy too: Supabase Launch Week Meetup in Edinburgh, Event Driven Software, GlasgowPHP, Ladies of Code and Tech Meetup Glasgow.
I have also announced the next GlasgowJS and EdinburghJS meetups in May. Be sure to check out the [What's On Page](https://www.scottishtechnology.club/whats-on) for a 3 week view.

In the last week (or few) in content from the community:

- Nicola wrote about [Observable for R Users](https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/observable-r-users/)
- Michael wrote about [How to choose a Fractional CTO](https://addjam.com/blog/2025-04-15/how-to-choose-fractional-cto-startup/) on the AddJam blog
- Sarah blogged about [Microsoft 365 vs. Azure: Choosing the Right Service for High-Volume Emails](https://www.techielass.com/high-volume-email-vs-azure-communication-services/)
- Daniel posted a video on [Server-side redirects in Nuxt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L46SiZkGCoE)
- Surya had a conversation with John Martin about going from [B&Q Stocker to Tech Alliance Manager](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWlnvwlEqdk)
- Jamie had a conversation with James McIntyre about [process automation engineering on the Scotland Remote Workers channel](https://youtu.be/FTmECifx74c?si=oWLyG5INQ2P_JwWS&t=19)

## 📅 Tech events across Scotland this week

### Monday 21 April

- [Building your first AI agent with Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK)](https://www.meetup.com/gdg-glasgow/events/307264930/) — Online · GDG Glasgow

### Tuesday 22 April

- [The Power of Data in Environmental Science: From Genomes to Ecosystems](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-power-of-data-in-environmental-science-from-genomes-to-ecosystems-tickets-1296000094169) — Online · The Data Lab
- [ML Club April 2025 - Geospatial data, Raspberry Pi, Neural nets and more!](https://www.meetup.com/ml-club/events/307294880/) — Glasgow · ML Club
- [GameDevEd Social Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-game-development-meetup-group/events/305920020/) — Edinburgh · GameDevEd Edinburgh Game Developer Meetup

### Wednesday 23 April

- [ProductTank Community Flash Talks - Share your story!](https://www.meetup.com/producttankedi/events/307061807/) — Edinburgh · ProductTank Edinburgh
- [AWS User Group Glasgow #34 ](https://www.meetup.com/amazon-web-services-user-group-glasgow/events/306549571/) — Glasgow · Amazon Web Services User Group Glasgow

### Thursday 24 April

- [TestTalks: Edinburgh - The Post Office Scandal](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/testtalks-edinburgh-the-post-office-scandal-tickets-1303190651319) — Edinburgh · Fanduel
- [Edinburgh Data Science + AI April Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-data-science-ai/events/307091218/) — Edinburgh · Edinburgh Data Science & AI
- [🎙️ AI Builders - Next Big Thing in AI: Agentic Systems & Ethical AI 🎙️](https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-grlesmgd/events/307324073/) — Glasgow · AI-Builders
- [.NET Glasgow - April 2025](https://www.meetup.com/dotnet-glasgow/events/305975338/) — Glasgow · .NET Glasgow
- [Rust and Friends (evening pub)](https://www.meetup.com/rust-and-friends/events/306911347/) — Edinburgh · Rust and Friends

### Friday 25 April

- [Rust and Friends (daytime coffee)](https://www.meetup.com/rust-and-friends/events/306911357/) — Edinburgh · Rust and Friends

### Saturday 26 April

- [Hack Glasgow](https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-computer-security-meetup-group/events/307318995/) — Glasgow · Glasgow Computer Security Meetup

## About Scottish Technology Club

Scottish Technology Club is a community for Scotland’s technology sector, run by [Jamie McHale](https://jamiemchale.com/). Jamie is an entrepreneur and software engineer who provides software development, technology consulting, and contracting services to startups and other organisations through [Telaco](https://www.telaco.com/).

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